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Madison Ave., N. Y. City ; Gifford Pinchot, Washington, D. C. ; 

 E. L. Rogers, 58 West 47th St., N. Y. City ; Charles E. Seiter, 

 100 William St., N. Y. City ; Dr. George T. Stevens, 22 East 

 46th St., N. Y. City. 



President Rusby appointed as a finance committee Judge Ad- 

 dison Brown, and Prof. H. M. Richards. An invitation was read 

 from the American Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, to 

 attend their celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of 

 Benjamin Franklin. A motion that the Club accept the honor 

 of the invitation was made and carried, and President Rusby was 

 delegated to represent the Club at the celebration. 



Resignations were read and accepted from Miss Nina L. Mar- 

 shall and Mr. C. C. Doorly. 



In response to an inquiry from the recording secretary con- 

 cerning the duties of that officer, a motion was made that the 

 president, secretary, treasurer, and editor-in-chief be appointed a 

 committee to revise the constitution and by-laws and report at 

 the earliest possible time. The motion was carried. 



The resignation of Dr. D. T. MacDougal from the editorial 

 staff was read, and, on motion, accepted. 



The Board of Editors were elected a Budget committee for the 

 ensuing year. 



Dr. Britton exhibited the photographic reproduction of the 

 " Dioscurides Codex Aniciae Julianae picturis illustratus, nunc 

 Vindobonensis Med. Gr. I," recently acquired by the library of 

 the New York Botanical Garden. 



This work is of importance in the study of the history of 

 botany, on account of the large number of illustrations of plants 

 which are for the most part based on originals presumably of the 

 fifth century, and are now here reproduced in fac-simile for the first 

 time. The original MS. is one of the treasures of the Imperial 

 Library of Vienna. It is said to date from 512 A. D., and was 

 written and the miniatures painted for the princess Anicia Juliana, 

 of Byzantium, and is the basis of all the early herbals. The 

 work is Vol. 10 of the " Codices Graeci et Latini Photographic! 

 Depicti," a series of reproductions of valuable manuscripts issued 

 under the editorial supervision of Dr. de Vries, the librarian of the 



